Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at theTofte Town Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. Lutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. atthe Lutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. Schroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. atSchroeder Town Hall, 124 Cramer Rd., Schroeder.
Dupre will try one more time to scale Mount Denali
On Christmas Day, Lonnie Dupre won’t be opening Christmas presents, instead he will most likely be pulling a 5-foot sled with 165 pounds of supplies behind him as he slowly makes his way up the slopes of Mount Denali, North America’s highest peak at 20,320 feet. Dupre, 52, is a renowned Arctic adventurer with more than 25 years of experience […]
Off the Trail
The Gunflint Trail lakes are all locked up with ice. Seagull Lake is reported to have about three inches of good ice hiding under a layer of snow and slush and I would have to guess that Gunflint is about the same. Saganaga Lake might also be frozen but it would be wise to wait until Christmas to venture out […]
Conservation Officer Tales
Although the Cook County News- Herald knows that the majority of sportsmen and women are law-abiding folks, there are a few that run afoul of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Officers. Periodically, the DNR provides a report of some of the miscreants the Conservation Officers (CO) have encountered. The News- Herald shares these stories as a reminder […]
Second half of wolf hunting/trapping season under way
Minnesota’s second half of its wolf hunting season is well under way and so far (as of press time) 13 out of the target goal of 89 wolves have been harvested in the Northwest zone while 19 of the quota of 33 wolves have been taken from the Northeast zone. During the early season a total of 106 wolves were […]
Vikings fall to Wrenshall Wrens
A senior-led Wrenshall Wrens team was a little too quick and a little too slick for a young Cook County Vikings team which lost 52-40 on Friday night, December 6 at home. The final score didn’t mean the Vikings weren’t in the contest though. It just meant that any time the Vikings started to close the gap Wrenshall had an […]
Cook County Law Enforcement briefs
It is the policy of the Cook County News-Herald to withhold the identities of individuals in Cook County Law Enforcement briefs. When court proceedings are complete, the Cook County News-Herald publishes a complete accounting of names and penalties in its Matters of Record. Monday, Dec. 21:53 a.m., Schroeder: Report of a red pick-up and car atthe Schroeder Town Hall, with […]
Matters of Record
The Cook County News-Herald publishes Matters of Record to inform the public of arraignments and dispositions of criminal cases in which the potential punishment exceeds $150 and/or 10 days in jail. It is the Cook County News-Herald’s policy that this information contains a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted. Nicholas Welch Hall, 18, Rural […]
